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What is Perusall?

Perusall is a tool that allows students and instructors to collaborate on reading materials by annotating, commenting on, and discussing readings, books, articles, web pages, videos, podcasts, and images. While working in groups and collaborating, students can take notes and answer each other's questions directly within the text. Instructors can create assignments and groups for students to work on together. This increases the level of engagement by allowing students to interact more deeply with course materials, increase collaboration, and create a classroom community. Instructors can use the Analytics feature to access statistics about student engagement.

Connecting to Perusall in Canvas

1. Go to the Settings tab in the left-hand navigation menu.

2. Click on the "Navigation" tab at the top of the page:

3. Find the Perusall item near the bottom of the list, then click and drag it into the top section and press save.

4. Click the Perusall link in the left-hand navigation menu to go to the Perusall website and finish setting up Perusall.

- The first time you do this in Canvas, it might ask you to merge your accounts. Agree to merge, check your email for verification, then go back to Canvas to click the Perusall link again.

Syncing Perusall Assignments with Canvas

1. In Perusall, set the Grade sync to LMS field (Settings > General) to Automatically sync students' individual assignment scores back to the LMS.

2. In Perusall, click: Course home > Assignments > select an assignment > Copy full title for LMS. The assignment name will be copied to the clipboard.

3. In Canvas, click Assignments > +Assignment. Paste the assignment’s title into the Assignment name field.

4. The number in the Points field should match the high end of the Assignment score range of your Perusall course (which is by default 0-3 and found in Settings > Advanced) > Choose External Tool from the Submission Type dropdown menu > Choose Perusall as the External Tool > Check off load this tool in a new tab

5. Click Save & Publish.

This video can also walk you through the process:

Perusall Support for Instructors

To explore Perusall past basic set up, visit the page Perusall Support for Instructors.

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